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Normal Not Normal

Katie Leung

Normal Not Normal

Stabl

Society & Culture

4.91.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

In this episode we talk to our old friend Katie Leung. At the age of seventeen Katie joined the Harry Potter cast for the fourth film, The Goblet of Fire, as Harry’s love interest, Cho Chang. We ask her what it was like to have the nation’s attention as she gave Harry his first kiss, how she dealt with the paparazzi on her doorstep and we reminisce about some memorable nights out at a black metal bar in Switzerland. Since Harry Potter, Katie has appeared in a series of brilliant films and TV dramas alongside legends like Jackie Chan, Hugh Laurie and Pierce Brosnan. She is also a phenomenal photographer and a passionate trans and womxn’s rights activist. Katie is an ambassador for the My Body Back Project, which supports victims in the aftermath of rape and sexual assault. You can donate or find out more at: http://www.mybodybackproject.com/ We want to hear from you. If you have a brilliant 'Did You Know?' fact, a question for us, a jingle you’ve written or a voice note you want to share, get in touch! We’ll choose one or two messages and include them in the audio version of the podcast every episode. You can tweet us your message using the hashtag #normalnotnormal or email us at normalnotnormalpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @OliverPhelps @James_Phelps Normal Not Normal is a Stabl production. Produced by Alice Homewood. Music 'Not Normal' by Sebastian Forslund and 'Bobby Swing' by The Bladwerk Band Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Ola, bonsieur, Nijao, Guntag?

0:04.0

Moi?

0:05.0

Let's do it again.

0:07.0

That's why do you go for the one that's not there?

0:10.0

I don't know, I don't know, okay.

0:12.0

Alright ready. I'm ready. to the normal not normal podcast from me Oliver Phelps and me James Phelps.

0:25.0

As identical twins who grew up on the set of Harry Potter you could say that we didn't have the most normal start to life.

0:31.0

But recently we've been thinking what is normal anyway. So in this

0:36.4

series we're talking to friends, colleagues and personal heroes. To actually ask

0:41.0

the question what is their version of normal and does normal even exist?

0:47.0

I suppose you could say perhaps we're all a bit not normal.

0:50.0

Yep, you're definitely not normal Oliver, but I hope you're proud of it.

0:53.6

Well, you're the one in there looking like you work in NASA Mission Control with your

0:57.4

rocket in the background and your headphones on and pictures of stars in the

1:00.2

background. That will always be the dream. Anyway, today we're talking to a good friend of

1:05.2

ours who a lot of you will know from the Potter films. She came in in Harry Potter and the

1:10.4

Gob of Fire as Cho Chang, who went on to be Harry Potter's first love

1:15.1

interest but since then she's gone on to do some amazing stuff played actually

1:19.3

Jackie Chan's daughter very jealous of that one. But she also gone on to raise thousands of

1:24.2

pounds for charity. She's a great photographer, a great person, a great artist.

1:28.0

So welcome, Katie Young. Thanks again for saying yes to doing this.

1:34.0

No, thank you so much for having me.

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